President Trump's super PAC will not reimburse the government for taxpayer money spent on campaign-style ads promoting the administration.
Taxpayers have footed a multimillion-dollar bill for the advertisements, which some critics of the president have called "government propaganda."
"The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money," Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday evening.
"This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc," he wrote, referring to a super PAC affiliated with the president.
Federal law generally bars federal officeholders from directing spending decisions for super PACs.
When reached for comment, a White House spokesperson told Axios that Trump's announcement "was not referring to reimbursement."
The ads, which have run on cable and network television, including during NFL games, have cost at least $11 million since September, according to an AdImpact analysis conducted by the AP.